POWER OF ATTORNEY





        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints each of the President, each Vice President, the General Counsel,

the Secretary and each Assistant Secretary of Energen Corporation, signing

singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of Energen Corporation (the ?Company?),

Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,

or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file

such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any

stock exchange or similar authority;

and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever

requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights

and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the

undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such

attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the

rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered

to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of

Attorney to be executed as of October 24, 2007.



  /s/ Kenneth W. Dewey

  Signature



    Kenneth W. Dewey

  Print Name









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